Mild chronic stress promotes female fertility via the ovarian CRF receptor
Our findings show a direct gonadal response to neuroendocrine and central stress-response regulators. The mechanism of this unexpected beneficial effect of CVS on reproduction may provide a neuro-endocrine background to the well-known "Baby Boom" phenomenon.
Authors
- Shlomi Lazar
- Meyer Elbaz (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3520-7883)
- Eran Gershon (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3911-4959)
- Orna Issler (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1473-8295)
- Nava Dekel
- M. Schroeder (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9517-4243)
- Yael Kuperman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3830-1856)
- Alon Chen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3625-8233)
- Nava Nevo
Institutions
- Israel Institute for Biological Research (IL)
- University of Bern (CH)
- New York University Press (US)
- Agricultural Research Organization (IL)
- Weizmann Institute of Science (IL)
- New York University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Cell Communication and Signaling
- Published
- 2025-08-14
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12964-025-02371-0
- Primary Topic
- Stress Responses and Cortisol
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Weizmann Institute of Science
- Israel Science Foundation